Fastening or securing device



A. H. JENKINS.

FASTENING 0R sEcURlNG DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16. 1919.

Patented July 13, 1920.

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ALEXANDER HIJ'GH JENKINS, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO J. B. BROOKS AND COMPANY LIMITED, F BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. A l

FASTENING OR SECURING- DEVICE.

Specication of Letters Patent..

Patented July 13, 1920.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER HUGH JENKINS, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Birmingham, England,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening or Securlng Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fastening or securing devices for various purposes, but

principally for securing trunks, boxes and the like upon the roofs, carrier-grids l or other parts of motor-cars or for fastening l the lids of boxes, trunks, wallets, bags and the like to the bodies of such articles; said fastening or securing devices being of that type in which the parts to be fastened are drawn tightly together by means of a lever attached to one of the parts to be secured and having pivoted to it, at a point situated eccentrically with respect to the fulcrum, a link or hook member adapted to turn in a plane parallel to that of the lever, the outer end of the said member being engaged or connected to the other part to be secured.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved construction of this type of fastener which is adapted to be held perfectly secure when fastened, 80 and proof against unauthorized opening. A further object is to simplify the construction and render the fastening more eficient and easier to operate.

According to the invention, the lever car- 85 ries a key-operated lock the bolt of which, when the fastener lis closed, engages with a suitable art of the member to which the lever is plvoted, so that the fastener can only be released by withdrawing the bolt by means of a key. The lever has a hole in lits underside detachably engaging a necked stud on the one part to be secured, and is locked thereto, when the fastener is closed, by a slot in the other member engaging the said neck of the stud, the width of the slot being less than the diameter of the head.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an elevational view of a fastener constructedin accordance with this invention and shown as used for connecting a trunk to the luggage grid of a motor-car, the fastener being represented before the lever member has been turned down about its pivot so as to draw the trunk tightly on to the grid of the car.

F 1g. 2. v p eferrmg to the drawings, the improved .of a key. The staple 14 is formed by stamping up a tongue of metal at Fig. 2 is an elevational view showing the lever` member turned down and' locked to the link member of the fastener.

.F1g. 3 1s longitudinal section on linew.

fastener comprises a plate or link member 1 .carrylng at its lower end a hinged depending screw-bolt 2 upon which is adjustably screwed a long nut or internall l threaded .sleeve 3 provided at its lower extremity with a hook adapted to engage a bar or staple 4 carried by the grid 5. Pivoted at 6 to the upper end of the front of the link or plate l, toward one side thereof, 1s a lever member 7 which cairies upon lts front face a casing or box-like housing contamipg a key-operated lock.

his lever memberis provided with a circular hole 9 near its be engaged with a necked stud 10 on an attachment plate l1 adapted to be secured to the trunk, so that the said stud 10 protrudes 1nto the upper end of the lock casing as far as thefront plate thereof. The link member 1 ofthe fastener is provided in one side with a curved slot 12 adapted to engage wlth the neckA of the stud l0, the width of vthe slot being less than the diameter of the head of the stud. When the lever member 7 1s turned down to draw the trunk tightly on to the grid 5 as shown in Fig. 3, the slot 12 1n the link l engages the stud 10, the pivot 6. between the link 1 and lever member 7 movlng beyond the vertical center line 90 through the stud. The stud 10 is thus locked to the lever 7 by the slotted link 1, and as the lever 7 reaches its vertical po-v sition the bolt 13 of the lock is engaged with a staple 14 on the link member, so that the 95 fastener is securely locked, and can only be released by unfastening the lock by means preferably right-angles to the link' 1, and providing 100 same with a suitable opening for engage-v ment by the bolt 13 'of the lock.

The bolt may be spring-actuated, or may beoperated by a key both for lockingy and unlocking. .p

The application of the invention to the fastening of trunks to one another, or forl fastening the lids of boxes, cases and the like differs in no essential respect from the arrangement described above.

y screw- 65 I upper end which can 75 Havin fully described my invention, 'what'4 I esire to 'claim and secure byVLetters Patent is v a lever member eccentrically pivoted to the.

' .with the staple carried by said link member\ link member so as to turn in aplane parallel `lto that lof the latter.; and a lock combined with and forming an integral part of the levermember and adapted to cofperate to secure the `latter tothe link member after the parts have been drawn together..

2. A fastening or securing device comprising a link 4memberadapted to be attachedat one. end to one of the members to!y be secured and provided at its opposlte end with a curved slot, a neckedstud upon the a lever member ecoentrically pivoted to the link member so' as toturn in a plane parallel to that of the latter, said lever member being formed with .an opening in itsl rear yface ,adapted to engage with the necked stud; and` a lock combined with and forming an integral part of the lever member and 'adapted to secure the latter to .the linkmember after -the parts have been drawn together.

` In testimony whereof I have hereunto 4set l my hand in presence `of two subscribing witnesses; v j

.ALEXANDER HUGH JENKINS. lWitnesses:

H. N. Simmern, W. vS. Simmmrr. 

